Brooke Shields' Broadway Buzz

Little girls and Cinderella are a perfect match, so it’s no surprise that Broadway vet Brooke Shields planned a Broadway birthday celebration at the magical Rodgers & Hammerstein musical for her seven-year-old daughter, Grier Henchy. On April 27, mother and daughter and two of Grier’s lucky friends headed to the Broadway Theatre for a matinee performance, then got the extra ...

Singer, songwriter and popular piano man Ben Folds has been tapped to write a 15-minute musical as part of the fifth outing of The 24-Hour Musicals, according to The New York Times. The musical will be written, cast, rehearsed and performed within a 24-hour period, beginning April 28. Folds’ musical will then premiere the following night, along with three additional ...

Let’s face it—the Super Bowl is usually a snoozefest for Broadway fans (except the halftime show, of course!). But last year, things got very interesting when Alec Baldwin, Tony winner Jane Krakowski, Smash diva Megan Hilty and more stars belted out "Brotherhood of Man," the signature song from How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, in a hilarious ...

Singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett, Broadway vet Chris Sarandon and more will join previously announced rotating cast members Stockard Channing, Brooke Shields and Brian Dennehy in The Exonerated. Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen’s chilling drama will be directed by Bob Balaban and run at off-Broadway’s 45 Bleeker Street. Performances begin September 15.

When Broadway vet Brooke Shields (The Addams Family) and Tony nominee Orfeh (Legally Blonde) go out to lunch, they are two picky customers—in their new La-Z-Boy commercial, that is! In the new TV ad, Shields shows Orfeh how to customize her La-Z-Boy furniture the same way she’d ask for dressing on the side and “no tomato butts” at lunch. Click ...

The Muppets are readying for their big comeback with the November 23 release of a brand new feature film, The Muppets. In honor of everyone's favorite puppet crew, Broadway.com is flashing back to a series of our favorite Broadway Muppet Moments, in which stars of the Great White Way sing showtunes and share jokes with Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzy ...

A great cast can help make a show even more special, but it takes a slew of people to get those stars on stage in the first place! On September 26, Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, Rachel Griffiths, Lucy Liu, Hunter Parrish, Patina Miller and more headed to District 36 for the 27th annual Artios Awards, which honor outstanding achievements in ...

Brooke Shields is back on Broadway leading the ghoulish gang at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in The Addams Family as morbid matriarch Morticia. The popular leading lady took a break from her familial duties to head to Broadway.com's studio to answer fan-submitted questions. Shields chatted about a range of topics, including passing on the musical legacy of her late pal ...

Matthew Broderick, Harvey Fierstein, Sutton Foster, Joel Grey, Bebe Neuwirth and Brooke Shields will join a 29-piece live orchestra as well as cast members from various Broadway shows to sing John Kander and Fred Ebb's "New York, New York" in honor of the tenth anniversary of 9/11. The performance, billed as Broadway Unites: 9/11 Day of Service and ...